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silt

UK/sɪlt/ US/ˈsɪlt/ rare
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake

verb

1.

become chocked with silt

  • “The river silted up”
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Origin

PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English silte, cilte, cylte, perhaps from Middle English silen ("to filter; strain"; equivalent to sile + -t), or cognate with Norwegian and Danish sylt (“salt marsh”), Middle Low German sulte (“salt-marsh”), German Sülze (“meat in aspic”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“salty water; brine”). Related to Old English sealt (“salt”).

Phrases

  • desilt and desilting
  • silt up

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